Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Ger-Lux
Date: Oct 07, 2003 @ 16:33
Author: Manfred Haertel, DB3HM ("Manfred Haertel, DB3HM" <Manfred.Haertel@...>)
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Peter Smaardijk wrote:

>>Were there more areas than Selfkant (which was given back only in
>>1963)?
>
> Yes, in the case of DENL, the other "bigger" area that became Dutch
> in 1949 and German again in 1963 was the village of Elten, near
> Emmerich. Other, much smaller areas where at various other points
> along the boundary, e.g. in Suderwick, opposite Dinxperlo.
>
> As far as I know, all areas were returned to Germany in 1963, with
> the exception of an area between Beek (NL) and Zyfflich (DE), known
> as the "Duivelsberg" (Devil's mountain). This area is still Dutch.

As Brendan pointed out, the other areas were administered, not annexed
by the Netherlands. Is this still true for the Duivelsberg?

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